Sunday, August 30, 2015

Let me tell you about The Witcher 3... I'm sitting here like "I'm just going to do a quick(ish) NG+ play through to get the platinum trophy." Just have to get the Gwent trophies, horse races, and beat it on Death March... No biggie... But then I'm like "Well, I need to upgrade my armor" so that means I need experience, so I got to do all the quests... long story short, I didn't read shit until this morning... and I still got the new volume of Sunstone and the collection of Last Days of American Crime to get through... But I just finished Skellige, soooooo, Witcher.

Tony Daniel did a round of website interviews in promotion for Batman and Robin Eternal #1, which is a little over a month out, and with them came a whole bunch of art. While I'm not a big fan of Tony Daniel the writer, I've always loved his art, so I'll be happy to see him in Gotham again.

What happens when your vigilante hero turns into a corporate sellout who wants to arrest you? This issue! That's what. Sorta-ish. Also, Bruce is prooooobably going to be pissed off at a certain someone when he stops finger-painting or whatever.

We Are Robin #3: Spoilers, this probably ends up with Batgirl showing up at the end! Thanks #4 solicit!

Harley Quinn #19: Next stop: Hollywood.

I won't be covering Gotham by Midnight next week, because as I said last time, I just don't enjoy that book. I find it kinda of boring. Also, the Harley Quinn Road Trip special got pushed to September 9th, so none of that next week, as well.

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Could have sworn I already posted this over the weekend or something... I don't know, I can't remember anything anymore. Also, fill-in art still bothers me extra on a limited series, even if I do really like Moritat... Just something about it being a limited series and in the middle of an issue just gets to me.

Monday, August 17, 2015

So I guess we're back to Monday solicits after the brief two or so months where DC went "Tuesday, because fuck you!" There doesn't seem to be any big changes this month, hell the biggest creative change seems to be Lee Bermejo didn't draw the cover for We Are Robin.

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Totally forgot all about this whole comic website thing this weekend. Been playing games all day. Got mad platinum trophies these past couple of days. One in Goat Simulator, which is a dumb game, then got one in Everybody's Gone to The Rapture, which desperately needs a walking speed patch, then another in Super Exploding Zoo, which was apparently a PS+ game at some point? Working on the Bastion plat right now, which is proving to be a challenge but--OH WAIT, comics.

BATGIRL #46
Written by BRENDEN FLETCHER and CAMERON STEWART
Art by BABS TARR
Cover DAVID LAFUENTE
On sale NOVEMBER 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
In her civilian life, Barbara Gordon may be sitting on tech research that could be a gold mine…and in her life as Batgirl, she’s cracked the code that might enable her to take down massive police corruption in Burnside! It’s time for Batgirl to level up—but she’s going to need allies on both fronts. Enter the Spoiler!

GOTHAM ACADEMY #12
Written by BECKY CLOONAN and BRENDEN FLETCHER
Art and cover by KARL KERSCHL
On sale NOVEMBER 11 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
As Olive and Maps search for Kyle, they find clues that point to the old Arkham Asylum. As the team rushes to rescue him, more shocking secrets about Calamity and Gotham Academy are revealed. Don’t miss the exciting conclusion to this second GOTHAM ACADEMY epic!

I really don't understand the logic behind DC's PR going "this site gets two solicits, this site gets one, this one gets some too." I don't know.

BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL #8
Story by JAMES TYNION IV and SCOTT SNYDER
Script by GENEVIEVE VALENTINE
Art by ALVARO MARTINEZ and RAUL FERNANDEZ
Cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
On sale NOVEMBER 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
The new Batman weekly powers into its second month—and goes international! Batman’s greatest secret has torn the Robins apart, sending them on different missions around the world. What is the significance of the case Batman and Robin worked five years ago in Prague? What will Jason Todd and Tim Drake find on the island of vice that is Gamorra? And can Harper Row get through the wall Cassandra Cain has built around herself?

BATMAN #46
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Art and cover by GREG CAPULLO and DANNY MIKI
LOONEY TUNES Variant cover by YANICK PAQUETTE and Warner Bros. Animation
On sale NOVEMBER 11 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
At last, Batman comes face to face with Gotham City’s deadly new villain, Mr. Bloom. With the fate of the city hanging in the balance, Batman reaches out to the one man who might be able to help him: Bruce Wayne!

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Around the time that The Dark Knight III: Master Race was announced, I was online, being a typical sarcastic asshole going "Where's Dark Knight: Boy Wonder?" then a few seconds later, said something along the lines of "Oh, how about Batman: Europa too!?" As both of those books have become the Duke Nukem ForeverThe Last Guardian Half-Life 3 of DC Comics.

Well... the sky must be falling, because here it fucking is, Batman: Europa #1, coming November 18th... maybe.

BATMAN: EUROPA #1
Written by MATTEO CASALI and BRIAN AZZARELLO
Layouts by GIUSSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
Art and cover by JIM LEE
1:25 Variant cover by LEE BERMEJO
1:100 B&W Sketch variant by JIM LEE
On sale NOVEMBER 18 • 40 pg, FC, 1 of 4, $4.99 US • RATED T+
Superstar artist Jim Lee returns to the Dark Knight with this premiere issue! The impossible has happened and Batman is on the verge of being taken down by an enemy he cannot defeat: a virus for which there is no cure! And the only hope for his salvation is The Joker! Who infected Batman, what does the Clown Prince of Crime know, and how will the Dark Knight get that information? Together, the enemies crisscross Europe, desperate to find answers before time runs out.
Co-conceived by Matteo Casali and Brian Azzarello, this 4-issue miniseries event will feature art by top talents over layouts by the incomparable Giuseppe Camuncoli (HELLBLAZER, Dark Wolverine), with the first issue pencilled and inked by none other than Jim Lee!

Let's put things in perspective... I started Gotham Spoilers shortly before this book was announced... over five years ago. I was on tumblr back then, and remember adding the tag to the "Future Series" to cover section. Hell, I think it was still there until I closed the original site down.

Frankly, I don't believe any of this is happening. I was real sick yesterday and as far as I'm concerned, I'm in a coma somewhere having some fever dream.

I've got no issue with Eiko training Steph, but I really hope the whole "I'm Catwoman too, lol" thing stops. Because no... no you aren't. It's just sort of pointless in every respect and hardly anything meaningful was done with it to begin with.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

The "fan-favorite" star of that one issue with a 3D cover that total idiots paid upwards of $100 for just because some website said it was "rare," so everyone disregarded the reason of it's rarity (low orders because no one actually gave a shit + allocations) and jumped on board like it was the 1990s again, RETURNS!